During March 2023, we all witnessed how a potentially isolated regional bank crisis caused ripples around the world and raised broader concerns about the global banking sector. This fear then spilled into credit and equity markets, impacting most sectors. Starting with an analysis of SVB, then regional and money center banks, our team looked for the next stresses across sectors and published to our audience with the latest facts, breaking news, and research. Our clients have direct access to our team, allowing in-depth conversations that surface additional insights.

Recent Event Coverage

As the chart above shows, our clients rely on our team’s work when the markets become less certain. Additionally, we have also recorded webinars and run Q&A sessions to respond quickly to a large volume of questions from our customers.

If you missed any of these events organized by ���׶���Ƶ, check out our platform => “Events” to see all our recorded content. This will take you to our upcoming event calendar, as well as links to past events. Non-customers can also view some of these resources online. Here are some of our recent postings::

Global Market Update for April 2023	Bank Liquidity versus Data Dependency	Silicon Valley Bank Q&A Webinar
Winnie and Zachary Griffiths, Senior Strategist, discussed our 2Q23 Outlook for the U.S. and European corporate credit markets, as well as Updated expectations for the Fed and ECB in light of the recent banking sector fallout.	Our strategy team discussed the events in early March, including the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, volatility in corporate credit markets, the February CPI print and how these events were likely to influence the Fed’s decision-making process at its upcoming March meeting.	Head of US Financials, Jesse Rosenthal, Senior Financials Analyst, Peter Simon, and Senior Special Situations Analyst, Joshua Kramer, hosted a Q&A webinar to discuss the collapse of SVB, answering all the critical questions that our clients are asking..

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Get ahead of the next crisis cycle. Take a look at the combined offerings of ���׶���Ƶ, Covenant Review and LevFin Insights on our new platform. You will find a full spectrum of credit insights to help you make informed investment and risk decisions.

If you’re interested in our latest analysis on the SVB collapse and concerns about the regional banks and other related sectors, we encourage you to request a trial, just complete this form and we’ll get back to you.

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The platform’s capabilities include intuitive navigation, a growing data offering and customized user settings. This includes one-stop company pages that bring together ���׶���Ƶ’ views and data, documentation sourced by Covenant Review and data from LevFin Insights. The enhanced data tools include market trends, additional information on documentation scores, LevFin Insights market stats with downloadable data on High Yield new issues and a new deals pipeline with critical bond and loan data.

“We’re thrilled to offer ���׶���Ƶ’ best-in-class research, news and analysis via one platform,” said Peter Petas, Head of ���׶���Ƶ. “The combination of our best in class content – research from ���׶���Ƶ, legal analysis from Covenant Review, and leveraged finance news and data from LevFin Insights – provides a full spectrum of credit insights to help clients make informed investment and risk decisions.”

���׶���Ƶ’ team of 160+ analysts, lawyers and reporters publish more than 150 articles per day, globally, with coverage spanning new issues, secondary trading, events, earnings and special situations.

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About ���׶���Ƶ, Inc.
���׶���Ƶ empowers financial professionals and the world’s largest institutions with the independent research, covenant analysis, news and comprehensive market insights to make well-informed credit risk decisions. Comprised of ���׶���Ƶ research, Covenant Review’s legal analysis, and LevFin Insights, the combined ���׶���Ƶ provides timely data, news, relative value recommendations and unbiased analysis of the investment-grade and high yield debt securities of more than 21,000 issuers around the world. Delivered through innovative platforms, ���׶���Ƶ enables market participants to Know More, Risk Better.

���׶���Ƶ is a Fitch Solutions Company and part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is owned by Hearst. Further information: .

Contact:
���׶���Ƶ: Simon Barrell, +1 646 582 3498, simon.barrell@fitchsolutions.com

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To use the new tool, simply go to the Deals Pipeline tab and click on Bonds. It will take you to a page that lists the indicative details such as Borrower, Deal Type, Expected Close Date, Price Talk, Sector, and the Issuer’s Country. For those subscribing to LevFin Insights, an expanded view shows Terms and Conditions, Deal Size, Coupon, Price, Sponsors, Lead Managers, and the UOP (“Use of Proceeds”). We provide information on call structure, agency ratings, and special features to note on the security.

What’s On the Page?

There are plenty of filter options to narrow down your search for a particular deal type: by Company, Sector, UOP, Type, Issuer, Lead, Sponsor and Country.

If you scroll down, you can toggle various tabs to select deals that are In Market, Expected, Completed or any that are Hung. If you go back to the filters, you can narrow down the results for each of those deal stages.

Additional details and terms are available to LevFin Insights subscribers by simply clicking on an arrow to expand the section.

How to Get Started on the New ���׶���Ƶ.com?

We are excited to have you use our new platform which brings together ���׶���Ƶ, Covenant Review, and LevFin Insights. If you would like to access to the Deals Pipeline and many other enhancements, reach out to your account manager or request a trial.

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In these Outlooks, analysts refresh their recommendations for more than 40 sectors, provide picks and pans for IG and HY investors, examine operating trends and expectations as well as capital allocation, and deliver charts and tables to help you make informed investment decisions. Our team highlights which credits we think are most likely to outperform during the year, while providing caution on names to avoid.��

Top Read Outlooks in US and Europe

Sector Outlooks for 2023

Did you miss any of these reports? The complete list of sector outlooks published is below. Current subscribers can access them on ���׶���Ƶ.com simply by . You can search there by sector, region, credit grade and date.

Not a ���׶���Ƶ.com Subscriber?

If you are unable to access the reports and would like to request a trial, click on this link to complete the request form and we’ll get back to you shortly.

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Join us at our in-person Outlook Conferences in New York and London to see our new united platform. ���׶���Ƶ.com has been redesigned to fit your workflow and provide all the insights you need during the full life cycle of credit investments.��

Fully Integrated Analysis & Expertise

We’ve built a platform that clients want; we have listened to our customers and used their input to develop the site, and to build our product roadmap for 2023. Our product and development teams have been hard at work this year to build a new and better experience for our users, with the goal of incorporating the content from ���׶���Ƶ, Covenant Review, and LevFin Insights, plus built a number of new features to become an easy-to-use resource for credit market participants. Well received features include:

• Easy to understand design and navigation
• Content in a single place with clear distinctions
• The teaser content preview
• New 3 column Company page layout offering greater insights
• Consistency across Covenant Review Data Tools

While our first phase is to launch this new platform in January, we have more to build in 2023, including an expanded Special Situations offering, broader coverage, and a new and improved Risk ���׶���Ƶ model and interface.

Set Your Preferences, See What Matters to You (and Your Portfolio)

We’ve brought together three distinct content sets in one easy to view page. Once you decide what markets, sectors, and companies to follow, the “My Feed” page will surface the content you want to see, separated into three distinct Research, Covenants, and News sections. Want to see everything that is published? Global Feed has it all, with filters to help navigate. For existing ���׶���Ƶ subscribers, your preferences will carry over to the new site, but we suggest a quick review to ensure you are not missing relevant content.

A new feature of the site is the preview pane on the right-hand side, allowing for a quick read from the feeds page. It is easy to jump to the full article view, where the Ask an Analyst, and ���׶���Ƶ View features are displayed.

Enhanced Company Pages

We are most excited about our company pages. In a new, three column layout, we show all of our content related to a specific issuer. All published content from our three content teams are shown, as well as the ���׶���Ƶ View and Recommendation. Find the information you need for a quick view of the credit via our Company Overview, Risk and Catalysts, Operating Condition, and Fundamental Overviews. From Covenant Review we highlight the documents available for the issuer, and we show all the deals a company has undertaken, as well as what may be in market, sourced by our news team at LevFin Insights.

Are you Ready to Try the New ���׶���Ƶ?

These are uncertain times for Credit Markets, and you’ll want to power your analysis with the best research, news and analysis available. Sneak peaks of the platform will begin in December, with migration for current users beginning in January 2023. Contact your sales representative to be one of the first with access to the new ���׶���Ƶ!

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Metrobank’s clients will gain more insights on the companies they are investing in, while wealth advisors can boost their knowledge for the investment strategies they will impart to their clients.

Founded in 2000, ���׶���Ƶ publishes rigorous fixed-income research and actionable ideas for the global investing community. Its independent credit research on more than 1,000 issuers and the credit markets help the world’s decision makers better manage risk.

“We’re proud to be able to provide a unique, powerful service to Metrobank and its clients, especially as the global markets grow increasingly volatile. Our team of more than 100 analysts will provide insights, opinions, and best in class research that Metrobank and its clients can leverage on to navigate this environment” said Adam Etherington, Head of Asia Sales at ���׶���Ƶ. Senior Sales Manager for the Philippines at ���׶���Ƶ, Rob Palumbo, added “Our company has a long commitment to Asia and it’s a fantastic opportunity to now work with one of the Philippines’ strongest and best banks.”

Metrobank offers its clients a full suite of financial products and services that bridge its retail, corporate, treasury and investment banking, as well as leasing and bancassurance activities. Through the recently- introduced Wealth Insights website, high net worth individuals can get valuable insights and investment ideas, expert advice, and timely market news to make meaningful investment decisions.

“Providing premium service to our clients is our commitment at Metrobank, and with a credible credit research firm like ���׶���Ƶ we are able to help them create strategic and well-informed investment decisions,” said Fernand Antonio Tansingco, Metrobank’s Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Markets Sector.

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About ���׶���Ƶ, Inc.
���׶���Ƶ empowers nearly 20,000 financial professionals among the world’s largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit-risk decisions. Setting the standard for global credit research since 2000, ���׶���Ƶ provides timely data, news, recommendations and unbiased analysis of the investment-grade and high yield debt securities of more than 1,200 issuers around the world. ���׶���Ƶ delivers this content through innovative platforms, enabling market participants to know more, risk better and ultimately create value.

About Metrobank
Metrobank is the country’s second largest private universal bank. The Bank believes that its robust capital position and balance sheet strength will provide ample support as it navigates through these uncertain times. Capital ratios are among the highest in the industry, with total CAR at 17.2% and Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio at 16.3%. Consolidated assets stood at P2.7 trillion as of end-September 2022, making it one of the strongest and well-capitalized banks in the country..

Contact:
���׶���Ƶ Asia, +65 6990 5600, creditsightsasia@creditsights.com

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Special Situation investing is one of the most complex and specialized strategies in credit. Investors need to consider myriad factors including industry and sector dynamics, credit documents, legal proceedings, game theory and breaking news. Today, most of the important developments for the largest workouts and restructurings happen out-of-court and require navigating these complex factors before any bankruptcy filing occurs. Our Special Situations solution brings together the expertise of ���׶���Ƶ, Covenant Review and LevFin Insights (LFI) to provide news, fundamental, and legal research in one place. In 2023, our new and improved website will combine Covenant Review and LFI into one platform with a single log-on, where you’ll be able to explore more granular critical analysis and data via a Special Situations page, and also to set dedicated email alerts to receive updates.��

Experience that you can Count on

���׶���Ƶ has assembled a seasoned team of Special Situations analysts, reporters and attorneys writing research and news that matters to the market. We regularly reach out to our clients and look for opportunities to meet to discuss what they need to know to manage credit risk. To that end, last week ���׶���Ƶ, Covenant Review and LFI hosted an in-person panel discussion at Hearst Tower in New York focusing on the current landscape and future trends for Special Situations. Our panel provided thoughts on default rates and outlook. They covered key sectors and names moving in distress or potentially moving that way. Discussed key trends in covenants and the latest state of play on creditor-on-creditor violence.

We invite you to watch the panel replay, click here to access the recording.

Enhancements to Keep up with Special Situation Trends

In 2023 we’ll be making available downloadable models, recovery analysis, and detailed capital structures, along with all archived news and research. We expect to provide expanded coverage of Special Situations across the high yield and distressed markets. Additionally, we’ll be leveraging our sector analysts’ expertise, as we’re still investing in talent and building a team of deep dive experts across our regions.

So, stay tuned for more next year!

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“We are thrilled to have such a prominent journalist in the corporate credit information space join us, and expect he will be a key asset in accelerating the growth of our special situations product,” said LFI’s Special Situations Product Manager Max Frumes. “There isn’t a distressed debt reporting team out there, from the Wall Street Journal to Bloomberg to Reuters, that hasn’t hired star reporters who originally trained with Andrew.”

���׶���Ƶ’ Special Situations product combines in depth credit research with breaking news sourced by the LevFin Insights team, and leverage’s Covenant Review’s document expertise. To learn more, see: /special-situations/

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About ���׶���Ƶ, Inc.
���׶���Ƶ empowers nearly 20,000 financial professionals among the world’s largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit-risk decisions. Setting the standard for global credit research since 2000, ���׶���Ƶ provides timely data, news, recommendations and unbiased analysis of the investment-grade and high yield debt securities of more than 1,200 issuers around the world. ���׶���Ƶ delivers this content through innovative platforms, enabling market participants to know more, risk better and ultimately create value.

Contact:
���׶���Ƶ: Simon Barrell, +1 646 582 3498, simon.barrell@fitchsolutions.com

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He began his career as an economic analyst at Wells Fargo Securities focused on international economics. He then went on to cover the Energy & Power and Healthcare sectors over several years as a credit analyst at Bank of America. Zachary received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Business from Siena College in 2012. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Zachary is the fourth addition to ���׶���Ƶ from the former Wells Fargo publishing research team. Winnie Cisar, Chief Strategist at ���׶���Ƶ commented “We are delighted to add Zach to our Global Strategy team, as his expertise as a rates market strategist and economist will provide valuable insight into key Investment Grade market drivers”.

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About ���׶���Ƶ, Inc.
���׶���Ƶ empowers nearly 20,000 financial professionals among the world’s largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit-risk decisions. Setting the standard for global credit research since 2000, ���׶���Ƶ provides timely data, news, recommendations and unbiased analysis of the investment-grade and high yield debt securities of more than 1,200 issuers around the world. ���׶���Ƶ delivers this content through innovative platforms, enabling market participants to know more, risk better and ultimately create value.

Contact:
���׶���Ƶ: Simon Barrell, +1 646 582 3498, simon.barrell@fitchsolutions.com

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Prior to joining ���׶���Ƶ, Glenn worked for two years at Seaport Global and five years at Commerzbank as an analyst covering high yield debt and distressed bank loans. Prior to that, Glenn spent 5 years at F&C Asset Management covering European and North American high yield credits. He began his career in 1998 at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette in their New York office as a junior analyst in leveraged finance.

Glenn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University in New York with a BA in History and German.

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About ���׶���Ƶ, Inc.
���׶���Ƶ empowers nearly 20,000 financial professionals among the world’s largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit-risk decisions. Setting the standard for global credit research since 2000, ���׶���Ƶ provides timely data, news, recommendations and unbiased analysis of the investment-grade and high yield debt securities of more than 1,200 issuers around the world. ���׶���Ƶ delivers this content through innovative platforms, enabling market participants to know more, risk better and ultimately create value.

Contact:
���׶���Ƶ: Simon Barrell, +1 646 582 3498, simon.barrell@fitchsolutions.com

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